| A | B |
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| Revelations | An example of apocalyptic literature |
| Diaspora | A name for the dispersion or scattering of Jews to foreigh countries |
| Messengers, prosecutors and advocates | Activities of OT prophets |
| Iraq | Abraham came from this modern country |
| Syncretism | A blending of two or more religious traditions |
| Deuteronomy | This book is an example of law in the Old Testament |
| Prehistoric | History lived before it was written down |
| Hieroglyphics | Early Egyptians wrote in this form of writing |
| I Kings | This book is an example of history in the Old Testament |
| Elijah | This book is an example of prophecy |
| Rosetta | An important stone foun in Egypt which helped scholars translate Hieroglyphics |
| Psalms | This Biblical book contains poetry |
| Palestine | A land Bridge between Egypt and Mesopotamia |
| Israel | Today Palestine has this name |
| Pictograms | The earliest form of writing in which small pictures were used to represent words and ideas |
| Eucharist | It parallels the Jewish celebration of Passover |
| Saving action of God | Jews celebrate this at Passover |
| Elohim | Another name for God |
| "draw out" | The meaning of Moses' name |
| Moses | Exodus starts with his birth |
| Heart of the Sinai Covenant | The Ten Commandments |
| Lesson of Exodus | God is a god of liberation, not enslavement |
| Aaron | Moses' brother |
| Burning bush | God appeared to Moses in this |
| The central person in Exodus | Moses |
| Killed an Egyptian slave master | Moses |
| Mt. Sinai | God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses in this place |
| 10th plague | Killing the first born male Egyptian baby |
| Pharoah' daughter | She saved the baby Moses |
| Passover | The Israelites left Egypt after celebrating this for the first time |
| Miracle Warfare | Concept unique to Israelites because of their belief that God fought for and not just with them against their enemies |
| Baal | Canaanite god of fertility |
| Tribes | A loose gathering of Israelites during the era of the Judges |
| Samuel | Annointed Saul as the first king |
| Deborah | Prophetess and judge who defeated King Hazor and General Sisera |
| Jerico | Israelites trusted in God's power and God helped them defeat this city |
| Rahab | She saved Israel's spies in Jerico |
| Judges | Military leaders, mediators of disputes, reminders to the people to be faithful to God |
| Samson | A judge who took the Nazarite vow |
| Ruth | Moabite woman; ancestor to David and therefore to Jesus |
| Idolatry | The act of worshipping false gods |
| Joshua | Leader after Moses died |
| 8th century B.C. | Micah wrote in this century |
| 9th century B.C. | Isaiah wrote in this century |
| Judah | Changed spiritually because of the Babylonian Exile |
| 3 | The book of Isaiah is actually this many books |
| Micah | Warned the people that if they did not observe the Law of Moses they would be destroyed |
| Micah | Was the first prophet to foretell the fall of Jerusalem |
| Habbakuk | He warned that Nebuchadnezzar II would invade Judah |
| 587 B.C. | The Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem in this year |
| Lamentations | Written by those left behind in Jerusalem after it fell |
| Ezekiel | He was a prophet and a priest |
| Ezekiel | The first Jewish prophet to preach outside of Palestine |
| Part I | This part of the Book of Ezekiel is about judgment, doom and gloom |
| Part II | This part of the Book of Ezekiel is about hope |
| Grief, loss and pain | Ezekiel's symbolic acts express these feelings |
| Jeremiah's message | Offering sacrifices doesn't take away the consequences of sin |
| Jeremiah's message | Jerusalem would not escape destruction just because the Temple was located there. |
| Jeremiah's message | The sins of pagan worship and oppression of the "alien, orphan and widow" are severely condemned |
| Deuteroisaiah | Second Isaiah |
| Unknown | The author of Second Isaiah |
| The Servant of God | Isaiah thinks of him as the messiah to come |
| Messiah | Jews believe that Isaiah's Servant of God is this |
| Jesus | Catholics believe that Isaiah's Servant of God is this |
| "The Lord's Annointed" | The name Second Isaiah gives to Cyrus |
| Post Exilic | After the Babylonian Exile |
| Jerusalem | The remnant of Jews were expected to restore this |
| Temple | Haggai and Zechariah preached that this should be rebuilt |
| Zechariah | Saw the Messiah as one who will come in lowliness and peace |
| Temple | The center of Jewish identity when they had no political identity |
| Shame | Post exilic prayers reflect this feeling for the poor choices of the ancestors |
| Israel | The story of Jonah is a parable about this people |
| Nabi | The Hebrew word for prophet |
| Prophets | Received a compelling call from God |
| Prophets | Spoke a message that was unpopular with the established religion and government |
| Call Narrative | A story that describes a person's initial awareness that God wanted him or her to do something specific |
| Elisha | Law protector |
| Moses | Law giver |
| Prophets | Social revolutionaries |
| The Measuring stick by which God judged Israel | How they treated the weakest members of society |
| Messenger formula | The opening words of a prophetic speech |
| "Thus says the Lord" | Example of a messenger formula |
| Role of the prophets | Messengers |
| Role of the prophets | Law-protectors |
| Role of the prophets | Advocates of the poor and oppressed |
| "The Lord Is My God" | The meaning of Elijah's name |
| Elijah | He is called "The Father of the Prophets" |
| Elijah | His mission was to restore God's covenant and the pure faith among the people |
| Elisha | A disciple of Elijah |
| Genocide | A sin committed by the northern kingdom of Israel |
| Joseph in Egypt | This story foreshadows the experience of the Exodus |
| Jacob | Isaac gave his blessing to this son |
| "Hidden" or "Veiled" | The meaning of the word apocrapha |
| Elohim | The most common name for God in the Old Testament |
| David | The greatest and most well-known of the Israelite kings |
| Differences about where and when to offer sacrifices | The kingdoms divided because of this |
| Yahweh (The word itself) | Ïam Who Am |
| Covenant | Promise between God and the People |
| Prophet | One called by God who afflicts the comforted and conforts the afflicted |
| Torah | First five books of the Bible |
| Bible (The word itself) | The books (must be plural) |
| Faith | Surrendering yourself totally to God |
| Suffering Servant | Description of the coming Messiah from Isaiah |
| Exodus | Journey from slavery to freedom |
| Exile | Alienation from God because of sin |
| Remnant | Those faithful to Yahweh during the Exile |
